volsunghawk wrote:Obviously, you read skater's post differently than I did.

He basically says unlike most teams who are amazing at home, we aren't even average on the road.. and he's right. Nearly all of those teams I posted at least managed to win 4 games on the road. Only 3 teams fared worse.. and even then they still won 3 games on the road.

This team is awful away from CLink.. and for some reason they have been that way for most of the past decade, 2005 removed.

Figuring we probably win the next 2 games (we should after all, given the fact they are at home..) you're looking at a 6-4 team at the bye with the season in its balance the following two weeks. The difference between the Seahawks finishing at .500 or making the playoffs? It's those last 3 games on the road after the bye.

volsunghawk wrote:Obviously, you read skater's post differently than I did.

He basically says unlike most teams who are amazing at home, we aren't even average on the road.. and he's right. Nearly all of those teams I posted at least managed to win 4 games on the road. Only 3 teams fared worse.. and even then they still won 3 games on the road.

This team is awful away from CLink.. and for some reason they have been that way for most of the past decade, 2005 removed.

Figuring we probably win the next 2 games (we should after all, given the fact they are at home..) you're looking at a 6-4 team at the bye with the season in its balance the following two weeks. The difference between the Seahawks finishing at .500 or making the playoffs? It's those last 3 games on the road after the bye.

"every other team in the league would be 12-4 or better when unbeaten at home"

First off, we can point out that he's wrong based on the data you provided. So there's that.

If you include 2007, you find that the Steelers and Browns joined the Seahawks as 10-6 teams that went 7-1 at home and 3-5 on the road.

The Chiefs in 2005 and Ravens in 2003 were similar.

I think that we've seen enough examples to know that there are some teams who feed on homefield advantage, and we are clearly one of them.

I think it comes down to identifying what our team is. Are we a potential contender that shoots itself in the foot on the road, or are we a middle-of-the-pack team that is a monster to deal with at the Clink? And which one of those scenarios is more sure to cause psychotic meltdowns here at .NET?

(Personally, I think we're the latter. I think we're a year away from being a real contender, and that the experience gained this year will pay dividends next season. Lucky for me, I think that's the easier scenario to handle, as well... it puts expectations for this season into a realistic frame.)